This reverts commit 954c736f865d6c0c68ae4263a2f3502ee7c447a3. Overlayfs no longer relies on the vfs for checking writability of files. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namespace.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 5f75969adff1..c3f7152a8419 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -468,9 +468,7 @@ static inline int may_write_real(struct file *file) /* File refers to upper, writable layer? */ upperdentry = d_real(dentry, NULL, 0, D_REAL_UPPER); - if (upperdentry && - (file_inode(file) == d_inode(upperdentry) || - file_inode(file) == d_inode(dentry))) + if (upperdentry && file_inode(file) == d_inode(upperdentry)) return 0; /* Lower layer: can't write to real file, sorry... */ -- 2.14.3
